Convertible sofa bed

ABSTRACT

A double bed is convertible into twin sofas having a common back and disposed back to back. Headboards and footboards of the bed form end arm supports for the sofas.

United States Patent 1 Romero [4 1 June 13, 1972 [54] CONVERTIBLE SOFABED 3,095,234 6/1963 Brooks et a1 ..297/65 3,107,940 10/1963 Brooks etal ..297/63 [723 New lbena' 3,346,891 10/1967 Cundiff ..5/191 x [73]Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc., New 3,394,417 7/1968 OLink..297/65 X York, NY. a part interest [22] Filed: Oct. 9 1970 PrimaryExaminer-Casmir A. Nunberg Attorney-D. C. Roylance, David S. Abrams,Robert H. PP N04 79,509 Berdo, Donald A. Kaul and Walter C. Farley 52us. Cl ..5 17, 5 30 ABSTRACT [51] f Cl "A47c 17/14 A double bed isconvertible into twin sofas having a common [58] Field of Search..297/6365, 244, b f

297/254, 5/17 l8 l9 28 30 47 48 191 ack and lsposed back to back.Headboards and ootboards of the bed form end arm supports for the sofas.[56] References Cited 1 Claim, 5 Drawing Figures UNITED STATES PATENTS1,325,630 12/1919 Fair ..5/17UX CONVERTIBLE SOFA BED SUMMARY OF THEINVENTION A horizontal frame of fixed length can be adjusted in widthbetween two positions. In fully extended position, three mat likesections can be disposed horizontally side by side to define a doublebed. In partially extended position, the middle section can be disposedvertically between the two outer sections whereby two sofas are formedwhich are disposed back to back and utilize the middle vertical sectionas a common back.

The frame can have headboards and footboards which serve as end disposedarm rests when the double sofa form is used. These head and footboardscan be used as a snack bar.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective cut away view of my invention;

FIG. 2 is an end view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a detail cross sectional view thereof;

FIG. 4 is another detail view thereof; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of my invention as used in sofa form.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS.1-5, horizontal parallel elongated cushion straps extend betweenparallel transversely extend: ing front and rear members 12 slidabletoward and away from each other in racks 14 in headboard 16 andfootboard 18. When the memberslZ are extended to maximum separation,oppositely extendable horizontal support bars 20 can bridge the gap.Under these conditions, three mat-like sections 22 i can be placedhorizontally side by side on top of the straps to define a double bed,the boards 16 and 18 functioning in conventional manner.

When the members 12 are retracted to minimum separation, the middlesection must be disposed vertically as a common back for the two sofasas shown. Under these conditions, head and footboards serve as end armrests as shown. Each of these boards has a hollow concealed compartment24 with top disposed access lids 26 which can be opened or closed. Thesecompartments can hold liquors 28, glasses 30 and the like.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to thedrawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what is asserted as new is:

1. Apparatus convertible between a double bed configuration and a twinsofa configuration comprising frame means having a fixed length andincluding means to vary the width of the frame,

said frame means comprising first and second parallel, verticallydisposed headboards, said headboards horizontally disposed from eachother by a fixed distance,

four legs supporting each headboard,

four horizontally disposed elongated tracks, two of said tracks beingmounted on each of said first and second headboards near the bottommostportion thereof so that the outer ends of the tracks do not protrudebeyond the outer ends of the headboards, said two tracks on said firstheadboard facing the two tracks on said second headboard, each of saidtracks having a T- shaped slot extending longitudinally throughout itslength,

four parallel horizontally disposed spaced apart support bars of equallength, each bar being connected at one end to the bottommost portion ofthe tracks mounted on said first headboard and at the other end to thebottommost portion of the tracks mounted on said second headboard tomaintain said headboards in fixed, spaced boards, parallel, elongated,and horizontally disposed cushion straps connected at their one end tothe tracks of the first headboard and at their other end to the tracksof the second headboard, said means to vary the width of the frame beingmovable between a fully extended position and a retracted position andincluding four elongated members, one member being associated with eachof said four tracks, each member having a T- shaped lateral extensionextending longitudinally along one side of the member, said extensioninterfitting with the T-shaped slot in the associated one of said tracksso that the members are supported by and longitudinally movable alongthe tracks to the extended position and the retracted position,parallel, elongated and horizontally disposed cushion straps connectedto and extending between opposite ones of the members supported byopposite tracks; and first and second outer mat-like sections and aninner matlike section, each section being freely and independentlymovable with respect to each other and the frame, said sectionssupported by said frame, said three mat-like sections each having alength equal to the distance between the opposing headboards and a widthequal to onc-third the fully extended width of the frame, said means tovary the width of the frame being movable to the fully extended positiondefining a double bed configuration wherein the three mat-like sectionsare horizontally disposed and adjacent each other, and to the retractedposition defining a twin sofa configuration wherein the first and secondouter mat-like sections are horizontally disposed and the inner sectionis vertically disposed and interposed between the first and second outersections.

I. i OK i t

1. Apparatus convertible between a double bed configuration and a twinsofa configuration comprising FRAME MEANS HAVING A FIXED LENGTH ANDINCLUDING MEANS TO VARY THE WIDTH OF THE FRAME, SAID FRAME MEANSCOMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND PARALLEL, VERTICALLY DISPOSED HEADBOARDS,SAID HEADBOARDS HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FROM EACH OTHER BY A FIXEDDISTANCE, FOUR LEGS SUPPORTING EACH HEADBOARD, FOUR HORIZONTALLYDISPOSED ELONGATED TRACKS, TWO OF SAID TRACKS BEING MOUNTED ON EACH OFSAID FIRST AND SECOND HEADBOARDS NEAR THE BOTTOMMOST PORTION THEREOF SOTHAT THE OUTER ENDS OF THE TRACKS DO NOT PROTRUDE BEYOND THE OUTER ENDSOF THE HEADBOARDS, SAID TWO TRACKS ON SAID FIRST HEADBOARD FACING THETWO TRACKS ON SAID SECOND HEADBOARD, EACH OF SAID TRACKS HAVING AT-shaped slot extending longitudinally throughout its length, FOURPARALLEL HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SPACED APART SUPPORT BARS OF EQUALLENGTH, EACH BAR BEING CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE BOTTOMMOST PORTION OFTHE TRACKS MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST HEADBOARD AND AT THE OTHER END TO THEBOTTOMMOST PORTION OF THE TRACKS MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND HEADBOARD TOMAINTAIN SAID HEADBOARDS IN FIXED, SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, TWO OFTHE SUPPORT BARS BEING LOCATED AT THE OUTER ENDS OF THE FIRST AND SECONDHEADBOARDS, PARALLEL, ELONGATED, AND HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CUSHIONSTRAPS CONNECTED AT THEIR ONE END TO THE TRACKS OF THE FIRST HEADBOARDAND AT THEIR OTHER END TO THE TRACKS OF THE SECOND HEADBOARD, SAID MEANSTO VARY THE WIDTH OF THE FRAME BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A FULLY EXTENDEDPOSITION AND A RETRACTED POSITION AND INCLUDING FOUR ELONGATED MEMBERS,ONE MEMBER BEING ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID FOUR TRACKS, EACH MEMBERHAVING A T-shaped lateral extension extending longitudinally along oneside of the member, said extension interfitting with the T-shaped slotin the associated one of said tracks so that the members are supportedby and longitudinally movable along the tracks to the extended positionand the retracted position, parallel, elongated and horizontallydisposed cushion straps connected to and extending between opposite onesof the members supported by opposite tracks; and first and second outermat-like sections and an inner mat-like section, each section beingfreely and independently movable with respect to each other and theframe, said sections supported by said frame, said three mat-likesections each having a length equal to the distance between the opposingheadboards and a width equal to one-third the fully extended width ofthe frame, said means to vary the width of the frame being movable tothe fully extended position defining a double bed configuration whereinthe three mat-like sections are horizontally disposed and adjacent eachother, and to the retracted position defining a twin sofa configurationwherein the first and second outer mat-like sections are horizontallydisposed and the inner section is vertically disposed and interposedbetween the first and second outer sections.